Quotes by Cliff Reed

“We just hope we have a good showing. You hope the seniors can go out and have fun, lead the other guys and not be in awe. But it will be a great experience for them.”

“I would have liked to have seen us make a few more easy opportunities. If we had made some more, Id be happier. Youre not going to get a lot of easy opportunities, and when we got those we didnt capitalize. That was the big thing.”

“I thought we competed, I thought we played decent on the defensive end. Only when we scrambled did we give up a lot of easy opportunities.”

“They were all buried in different graves and now theyre together with their buddies. Theyre my heroes.”

“I was waiting, hoping for the day this happened.”

“Playing these games helps you some with recruiting and with seeing the level you need to play at to make the NCAA tournament. But you really need to play one or two - not six or seven games like we have this year.”

“Its hard to shoot 67 percent when youre in the gym by yourself. So that tells me we didnt play well on defense. We didnt show any defensive intensity.”

“Michael struggled early, as our entire team did. But once he settled down, he seemed to get into the flow of things better. We just didnt play tough enough as a team.”

“Sam is our strongest and most skilled player. With him and with the way Michael Williams is playing right now, we have what some of our opponents might call a two-headed monster.”

“I am really proud of this team tonight. We had an outstanding effort for the full 40 minutes. In recent games, weve been having that sustaining power for only 34 or 35 minutes. So this is big for this team. We can build on this.”